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consisting of or relating to pictures
that photojournalist is planning to do a primarily pictorial report on the famine in Africa
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producing a mental picture through clear and impressive description
she writes a very pictorial kind of poetry, using words the way a painter applies strokes of color
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Recent Examples of pictorial
Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Skims The actor stars in the pictorial, shot by Carin Backoff, with his fiancée, model Abby Champion.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 17 Mar. 2025
Jessica Benavides Canepa, AFAR Media, 4 June 2025
Gauguin was castigated for failing to shake off European pictorial traditions, and for appropriating non-European traditions.
—Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
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Adjective
Bachardy’s self-portraits and drawings of Isherwood pepper the galleries, a confluence that reveals something that should be obvious: Two portrait artists, one pictorial and the other literary, resided for decades in the same household.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Skims The actor stars in the pictorial, shot by Carin Backoff, with his fiancée, model Abby Champion.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
Guests enjoy regional meals and vintage art, plus cycling and hiking trails and, most notably, Ruta de los Pueblos Blancos, a route through southern Spain’s most pictorial white villages.
—Jessica Benavides Canepa, AFAR Media, 4 June 2025
Gauguin was castigated for failing to shake off European pictorial traditions, and for appropriating non-European traditions.
—Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pictorial
Noun
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Seriesly Berlin settled back into the Fotografiska venue in the German capital’s fashion-forward Mitte district for its second edition this week.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
19 Sep. 2025
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Following the success of its inaugural edition in 2024, the competition will return this fall, continuing its mission to amplify stories from the Afro-Latino community.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Serenah McKay,
Arkansas Online,
17 Sep. 2025
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In the minutes and hours following the shooting, graphic, close-up videos of the moment Kirk was hit promulgated across the internet.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Artificial intelligence offers a vivid example.—
Maurice Obeid,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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According to the Michigan State University Forestry Extension, the most vivid displays of fall foliage come after a stretch of warm days with plenty of sunshine and cool nights.—
Kyle Reiman,
ABC News,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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When investing in quality bedding, a solid sheet set is an ideal starting point.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Sep. 2025
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Or spread it in a single layer on a baking sheet and dry it in an oven on the lowest temperature, around 170 degrees Fahrenheit.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This has been driven, in part, by the explosive growth of Google’s Nano Banana model, which allows for image editing through descriptive prompts rather than the more traditional photographic editing tools.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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More to Explore By documenting lushly hirsute Japanese officials alongside their beardless counterparts, portraiture preserved a photographic record of colonial subjects’ visibly inferior status.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This has been driven, in part, by the explosive growth of Google’s Nano Banana model, which allows for image editing through descriptive prompts rather than the more traditional photographic editing tools.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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On sleep in particular, Whoop is distinctly more prescriptive than descriptive.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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And every tabloid has a different tidbit, so the angels could attend vicariously.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
14 Sep. 2025
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Arriving in January, the California Post will be Murdoch’s transplant of his right-leaning tabloid the New York Post, replete with shrill headlines and randy gossip.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The only minor criticism is that there is a lot of visual detail in the game, and enemy attacks, as well as their sudden movements, can often take you by surprise.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Most relied on visual cues, even though dogs possess an excellent sense of smell.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Pictorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pictorial. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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